It all started in my tender years when I was still in high school when my mind started wandering in imaginative strollers, taking with it my heart and senses and imprinting its creative emblem on it. This was usually seen as my juvenile wishes and aspirations, a sport to be lost when the cares, distresses and realities of life set in.
I believed in the notion, shifted my focus to 'more realistic and nobler' options. After all, I had made a fatal mistake already that meant I couldn't possibly achieve this dream through the laid down direct route. "It's better to focus on much more fruitful areas that resonates with my roots" I started thinking to myself.
But everywhere I went, the dream clung to my subconscious like a drowning man on a life jacket. Anytime my earpods were inserted into my ear, I lost touch with humanity, my imaginations would go into a wild frenzy, drifting from one continent to another and from one scene to another. It would bless my vision with a canvas of perfectly crafted art of a life of both anonymity and impact.
I'd see myself on my couch sipping expensive wine in a countryside condo, browsing through the internet and seeing my name mentioned in raucous fits of excitement and adulation. A scroll down revealing visual evidence of positive impacts which my life has been able to impact on the lives of people that I never knew existed.
They would long to hear my voice on the radio on a daily basis, they would savour the taste of my words and chew appetizingly at my notions, the practice of which has watered their lives on all fronts and brought about genuine growth. I would be their little mystery rose, whose sweet scent radiates around them daily, but whose visuals they don't recognize.
And then there's another me standing at renowned stages in the world, microphone in hand inspiring the world in ways never done before. A mixture of Martin Luther's oratory and Malcolm's tenacity and defiance. With so much divisive motivation flying around uncurtailed, silver winged in a world filled with mentally lazy people who don't have time to think, I see myself as the liberator in chief.
I can see myself on the stage with Oprah Winfrey, freeing the corrupted minds of the masses. More like an apocalyptic revolution of the mind. She's teary after hearing my truth, and then confesses to feeling like she had not fully grasped most things until I came along.
I can also see myself being introduced by Steve Harvey as one of his biggest inspirations and sharing a joke or two in the process of entertaining the people and inspiring them. Perhaps he might shed a tear on my shoulder after hearing my speech and ask to be one of my disciples.
Then I'd develop a strong bonding relationship with Dale Carnegie and John Maxwell, go on world tours with them and perhaps co-author books with both of them. I'd tour the world in my leisure time, spend time in solitude on the shores of Ibiza and go fishing in the Maldives, with the scenery and peaceful natural ambience feeding my inspiration.
Though it might be a life of dual persona, it doesn't hurt to let your subconscious go on a wild wander. The OAP Diikaan is still within grasp as I eventually found out that one doesn't necessarily need a certificate to gain entrance into the industry. I'm a big admirer of the anonymous life, where you impact lives daily, but can still walk around the streets without the whole fanfare and unnecessary clamour.
Unlike the public speaker dream which is wild and quite imaginative. This doesn't take away from the possibility of realizing the dream though, and I'm free to dream and imagine beyond the boundaries of my physical vision, and who knows, someday it might come to fruition as I'm constantly honing my skills everyday.
I'm learning the tone pitch, the eye movement(contact), the body language and the different stages of delivering a captivating and inspiring message. But most importantly, I'm learning to always have a message that meets the needs and prayers of the people. Perhaps one day, my imaginations will become my message untold.
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